InnerTeub

So, I’m not really a fan of March. It’s hard to dress for (20 degrees yesterday! 70 degrees today!), usually kind of drafty, bright enough to pretend it’s spring, but not warm enough for green grass, so everything is kind of brown and gray and … bright. I mean, be cold and wintery white or be warm and green, right? However I slice it, I dislike March, and I super dislike running outside in March. It’s just no fun.

So of course every March I seem to re-enter the world of running and racing, with this March being no exception. In case you’re keeping track at home: my last race was Ironman CdA in June 2010, after which I took a nice long recovery so I could be refreshed enough to rock the Running of the Green 7k in March 2012. 

(And yes, I’m glad you asked: I *did* spend the entire race trying to figure out how long 7k is. “If 10k is 6.2 miles and a 5k is 3.1 miles then a 7k must be…” Sadly, the last – wait, two years ago- March race I did was an 8k, so the mental gymnastics I did figuring out that distance did me NO GOOD AT ALL. If we ever switch to the metric system I am so hosed.)

Anyway! Race pics! Which reminds me: one thing I really did love about this race was going with a group of friends from our gym. The majority of my good good friends in DC came from long weekends on bikes or in cars traveling to races, and it was really enjoyable to be spending my time in this fashion again. Both Mike and I went to be Sunday night saying “man, what a great weekend”, and I know that the act of being back in a race setting with friends had a lot to do with it. So much so that it can even have me enjoying a March day.